At 08:19 hours 10/23/2005, mhicks130 at cox.net wrote:
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> Oh, a used bridgeport ( 2 horses !! ) is a good buy just now ,
> with all the small job shops eating the big one, thanks prez.
> Clinton, the chinese love us consoomers ...
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>>You are aware that George W. Bush is our prez now right? Clinton
>hasn't been president for like 5 years.
>>Still, whoever is prez, a Bridgeport would be fun.
...I think he was "thanking" the previous chief exec for setting us
all up to send all our consumer spent bucks to China instead of
spreading it around locally. Popular opinion with the deal w/China
was that it was to help repay the kindness of Beijing for helping pay
for all the campaign ads.
This way, you can score a Bridgeport cheaper now than then, long as
you don't mind the questionable workmanship of the import... or in
the case of used, consider the fact that the previous owner no longer
needed it because he was out of business what with then service
industry fizzling here... ;) Now, if it helped make Vair parts a
little cheaper, maybe I could turn a blind eye or something. All
it's done is make good domestic higher quality stuff more expensive,
while the imported hardware costs less and lasts half as long so you
buy another, throw the old one away because it costs too much to fix
it etc ad nauseam.
...see where this is headed?
That's why I collect-hoard original Vair stuff whenever I
can. Inexpensive replacements sometimes are no bargain.
tony.. no Asian stuff in my '60 4-door yet except the "Made In
Taiwan" screwdriver in the glovebox and it was free, found it in a
junkyard